To replace Cédric Heitz, thanked after the twentieth defeat of the team, last weekend, Châlons-Reims decided to bet on Thomas Andrieux (45 years old). The former Boulazac coach has signed a two-year contract with the red lantern of Betclic Elite.
Thomas Andrieux (45) at the bedside of Châlons-Reims. Five days after thanking Cédric Heitz, the current last of Betclic Elite has chosen to entrust the keys to the former coach of Boulazac. The latter, without a club since the relegation of the Dordogne club, descended to Pro B at the end of a season which had seen him win only four games in 34 games, committed for two seasons in favor of a very badly committed Champagne Basket. After 28 days in the championship, Jessie Begarin and her teammates are two victories behind (7v-21d) over the first non-relegation player Le Portel, 16th (9v-19d). Corrected at home last Tuesday by Nanterre (104-73), the Champenois also remain on nine consecutive defeats and have not tasted victory since February 4 (success 81-72 at home against Fos-sur-Mer on behalf of the 19th day). Andrious, former player of the house (past coach in 2011, he evolved in Châlons-en-Champagne between 2003 and 2005 then in Reims between 2005 and 2007)will be responsible for playing firefighters and putting out the fire as quickly as possible against a background of crisis which has engulfed Châlons-Reims for more than two months now.
A “new round”
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— Champagne Basket (@ChampBasketOff) April 15, 2022
“His human qualities, his work force and his vision of the game, as well as his attachment to the Marne territory make him the natural candidate to accompany Champagne Basket in a new cycle”, indicates the Champagne club in a press release this Friday. On the evening of the eviction of Cédric Heitz, the team was then twenty defeats in the season and eight in a row. The Alsatian, who arrived in 2017, had his contract extended until 2023 as a reward for the maintenance obtained during the previous four years. Today, Champagne Basket is far from it. It’s up to Andrieux, winner of the All Star Game three-point competition in 2009, to restore color to this team, whose colors he wore twice. Châlons and Reims were then two different clubs. Today, this is no longer the case, and the threat weighs heavily.
